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According to Jim
- 2001-2009
- 8 seasons
- Disney-ABC Domestic Television
- Comedy, Drama
- TV-PG
The countless strange and wild adventures and journeys of a family living in the suburbs. Along the way, they get themselves involved with numerous kinds of dilemmas and situations. They all have to work together to get themselves out and live their lives before it is too late.
- 2001-2009
- 8 seasons
- Disney-ABC Domestic Television
- Comedy, Drama
- TV-PG
The countless strange and wild adventures and journeys of a family living in the suburbs. Along the way, they get themselves involved with numerous kinds of dilemmas and situations. They all have to work together to get themselves out and live their lives before it is too late.
Matt's Guide to Tuesday Night TV: New and Returning Shows
Continuing a weeklong series of new-season analysis and previews, here's my take on how I see the new Tuesday lineups playing out. Tuesday in a Nutshell: The no-brainer: CBS will continue to rule with its NCIS-NCIS: LA combo, and the new procedural-with-a-twist Unforgettable should fit right in, possibly putting a dent in ABC's midseason surprise Body of Proof, which roughly targets the same audience for female-driven crime dramas. Fox should make significant inroads with the younger demos, especially if Glee gets back its groove in this transitional graduation season (for some characters, anyway). The delightful New Girl deserves to break out, and may bolster the fortunes of my favorite comedy from last season, Raising Hope. On NBC, The Biggest Loser provides stability if not much excitement ...
Jim Belushi Returning to ABC in New Comedy
Fans who miss Jim Belushi on According to Jim may not have to mourn for long. ABC has just bought You Won't Even Know I'm Here, a new comedy starring and executive-produced by Belushi, TVGuide.com has learned. Fall TV: Get the lowdown on this season's must-see new shows In the comedy, a...
Ratings: I'm a Celebrity, Jon & Kate, SVU Finale and More
Some recent ratings highlights: • Monday's two-hour premiere of NBC's I'm a Celebrity ... Get Me Out of Here! averaged 6.35 million viewers, edging out The Bachelorette (6.34 mil) in both total audience and the demos. I'm a Celebrity then dropped 14 percent (to 5.5 mil) on Tuesday. • Among finales, Medium wrapped up its NBC run with an audience of ...
Tonight's TV Hot List: Tuesday, June 2, 2009
According to Jim8:30 pm/ET ABC After eight seasons (which seemed to some like twice that many), this sitcom-that-gets-no-respect ends its run tonight with, appropriately enough, Jim's death. Heaven or hell? Jim is on trial before God (Lee Majors) and Satan (Erik Estrada). For Jim's sake, let's hope that there aren't any TV critics on the jury. Also helping usher in Jim's eternal reward (or torment) are guest stars Dan Aykroyd and Kimberly Williams-Paisley. Read on for previews of Law & Order: Special Victims Unit, ABC News Special: Earth 2100 , Paris Hilton's My New BFF, Man vs. Wild and Web Soup.
Mega Buzz on Chuck, Gossip Girl, Without a Trace, True Blood and More!
Every week, senior editors Matt Webb Mitovich, Mickey O'Connor and Tim Molloy satisfy your need for TV scoop. Please send all questions to megascoop@tvguide.com. Chuck deserves a whole season, not just 13 episodes. Any chance of more? — DarrylMATT: Actually, yes. NBC entertainment president Ben Silverman says that while the current plan is to deliver 13 midseason episodes, depending on the ratings, "we may extend it out and continue it through the summer," where he thinks it could pair nicely with Friday Night Lights. "We're looking to ... keep [Chuck] incredibly viral and buzz-worthy until it returns, and then hopefully have it on our air for many years to come." That'd be Awesome. And even more so? I chatted up Scott Bakula at TNT's upfronts luncheon, and he's game for more Chuck, if need be. Any scoop on Gossip Girl's Season 3? — F.R.MICKEY: Speaking with TVGuide.com at the CW upfronts, Leighton Meester seemed to confirm that Georgina's plan to ...
Mega Buzz on Grey's, Brothers & Sisters, Supernatural and More!
Senior editors Matt Mitovich, Mickey O'Connor and Tim Molloy answer your questions ... this week a couple of days early, for the holidays. Drop us a line at megascoop@tvguide.com. I heard a rumor that Sara Ramirez has been offered a TV show in which she will star. While I question the reliability of the source, I hope this is true. She is a talented actress who does not get any recognition or decent writing for her Grey's Anatomy character. — MichelleMATT: "Que sera, Sara?" you ask? Ramirez's rep tells the Buzz, "We haven't heard that rumor" about her being courted for a series of her own. In the meantime, I'm told that Grey's' bi-curious Callie will pick up where she and Erica left off, this time with the pediatric surgeon being played by Jessica Capshaw beginning Jan. 8. But contrary to what you may have heard elsewhere, these two ...
Ratings: Mentalist Hits Yet Another High, Somehow Even Besting According to Jim
Tuesday's tallies: 8 pm/ETNCIS topped the hour with its second-largest audience ever, 18.54 million total viewers. House led the demos, but dipped a bit in viewers, to 12.4 mil. ABC's Santa Claus came to town and found nearly nine million folks waiting for him, while Biggest Loser placed fourth with about eight mil in its first hour. 9 pmThe Mentalist continues to see bigger and bigger audiences, hitting yet another series high: 18.77 million viewers (a week-to-week surge of 18 percent). And that was with According to Jim (a fourth place-worthy 5.8 mil) now in the mix! In third (behind Biggest Loser's rear end), Fringe slipped a hair, to 8.69 mil. 10 pmWithout a Trace (12.2 million viewers) and SVU (10.3 mil, No. 1 in demos) both enjoyed gains of about 18 percent. Eli Stone sank to 4.93 mil, a 28 percent plunge from its previous, pre-cancellation outing. TVGuide.com Asks: Why do you like/love The Mentalist? Tell us what you see in the freshman series, after the jump.
ABC Midseason: Castle Storms Monday, Cupid Targets Tuesday, and More Dancing
The latest salvo in ABC's multi-pronged midseason announcement details the premiere dates for four new series, while leaving the fates of three "lame ducks" in question. Get all the details after the jump.
Tonight's TV Hot List: Tuesday, Dec. 2, 2008
Shatner's Raw Nerve10 pm/ET BiographyBeing on a talk show is often referred to as being in the "hot seat" — and for good reason. The host can ask almost anything, and if the guests are celebs, they might have more skeletons in the closet than most people. Read on for previews of Santa Claus Is Comin' to Town, Law & Order: Special Victims Unit, According to Jim and Real Housewives of Orange County.
Jim Whips Up a Man Cave
Today’s Video Break: According to JimEpisode: "Pregnancy Brain"Why we love this episode: Because it’s just plain funny to watch Jim Belushi's character take advantage of his pregnant wife’s memory lapses by building himself a his own personal man room.Watch it now! | More online videos
According to Jim? Seriously? ...
Question: According to Jim? Seriously? Seriously?Answer: Don't get me started. Incidentally, an executive at ABC saw my story last week and offered some insight into the renewal. "We have been told this is being done because of the soft syndication market for comedies. All of the off-network stations that have the rights to According to Jim would be required to buy the new episodes. Since it will make so much money in syndication, it's a moot point. It's a win for the company, but not for the network." But what about me?! Why am I never considered in these decisions?!
Courtney Thorne-Smith's Pregnancy Written into Show
When ABC’s According to Jim returns midseason, there will be a new, reality-based plotline. Cheryl (Courtney Thorne-Smith) and Jim (Jim Belushi) are expecting a baby, to coincide with Thorne-Smith’s real-life pregnancy. "We are going to go for a pregnancy because Courtney is pregnant," Belushi told TV Guide at the Camp Ronald McDonald 15th Annual Family Halloween Carnival on Sunday. But that doesn’t mean that Smith won’t be sporting pillows over the belly or a dishcloth dangling in front as they build to the big reveal. Says Belushi, "There’ll be a few episodes with purses and pillows and sitting behind a table." —Reporting by Andrea Goodwin
Ugly Beauty Weds Jerry O'Connell, More Love Notes
How refreshing. A low-profile celebrity marriage ceremony. Held in mere America, no less! Ugly Betty beauty Rebecca Romijn and Crossing Jordan cutie Jerry O'Connell tied the knot on Saturday in an intimate ceremony in quant li'l Los Angeles. "It was a perfect celebration, and Jerry and I couldn't be happier," Romijn, who previously was wed to John Stamos, tells People.... Courtney Thorne-Smith is expecting this winter her first child with husband Roger Fishman. An ABC spokesperson has yet to respond to TVGuide.com's request for comment on how this will coincide with the production schedule for According to Jim, which was only recently uncancelled.
According to Jim: It's Good to Be Back
Getting revived feels good. Very good. ABC’s According to Jim has been officially renewed.“I’m really grateful,” star Jim Belushi tells TV Guide. “I love the show, I love the cast, and ABC and Touchstone have been really great.”ABC was clearly on the fence regarding the family comedy, which went from 10 million viewers in its first season in 2001 to 6.6 million last season. But the official word is in: It has been picked up for 18 episodes to air mid-season.Belushi wouldn’t go into details, but he says, “We’ve been negotiating for a while,” conceding that, “most of it has to do with licensing fees, the amount of episodes.”Although ABC didn’t include According to Jim on its fall schedule whenit made its May presentation to advertisers, Belushi says, “I alwayshad hope. I always believed it would work out. We have a really strongfollowing, and with syndication, it’s increased the awareness of the show,it’s ...
Breaking News: ABC Resurrects According to Jim!
Was there a fan campaign under way to bring back According to Jim that no one told me about? 'Cause for some inexplicable reason, the presumed-dead sitcom has just been picked up for an 18-episode seventh season, an ABC rep confirms.No reason was given for the 11th-hour reprieve, so that leaves us to speculate amongst ourselves. My theory? Someone high up at the Alphabet net took another look at Cavemen. How do you think ABC will justify saving a show that most people I know were begging them to cancel? Post your best guesses below!
ABC Sitcoms' 9 pm Time Slot Is Lost to Lost
ABC has temporarily sidelined (because I know how some of you bristle at the word "shelved") the Wednesdays-at-9 sitcombo of According to Jim and In Case of Emergency so as to lead in to the fresh Feb. 14 and 21 episodes of Lost with encores of the show's previous eppy. (For example, "Not in Portland" will air this Wednesday following Knights of Prosperity.)Now, I could be snarky here and say, "Hey, Lost, how about that much-ballyhooed 'No Repeats' mantra?" But 1) slotting a "refresher" episode in front of a new one isn't what they meant, and 2) I'm a better person than that. The worst part of this? You will have to wait another two weeks for my saucy Q&A with ICE guest star Jane Seymour.
Ratings: Jim Disarms the Armed & Famous
In this Wednesday's ratings showdown:• Averaging 8.56 million total viewers — a boost of 1.3 mil from the week prior — a double helping of According to Jim topped the 8 o'clock hour, besting CBS' heavily publicized Armed & Famous (8.22 mil).• Friday Night Lights (6.56 mil, up 300K) is still shining bright, with its most-watched episode since TSMO30O (that special Monday, Oct. 30, outing).• Opposite a Criminal Minds repeat and Deal or No Deal — and perhaps buzz-killed by the unfunny presidential address — both The Knights of Prosperity (5.27 million, down 1.9 mil) and In Case of Emergency (5.81 mil, down 480,000) took hits in their second weeks. And next Wednesday, Idol joins the mix! Eek. KoP better stick around for me to Q&A Sofia Vergara.
Ratings: Sugar Bowl Is Sweet for Fox
As Fox's Wednesday-night coverage of the Sugar Bowl (averaging 14 million total viewers) scored a No. 1 ranking in each prime-time hour...— King of Queens/a Two and a Half Men repeat (8.5 mil) placed No. 2 at 8, followed by According to Jim's season opener (7.28 mil) and Friday Night Lights (which, with 6.28 mil, enjoyed its best numbers since that special Monday, Oct. 20, outing, and its third-largest audience ever). Never underestimate the power of umpteen marathons!— Beauty and the Geek's two-hour return averaged 4.9 million viewers, just 400K fewer than time-slot predecessor Top Model's season premiere.— The debuts of ABC's Knights of Prosperity (7.18 million) and In Case of Emergency (6.29 mil) placed fourth in the 9 pm hour, but (obviously) trumped poor li'l Day Break's final numbers.— At 10, trailing a CSI: NY repeat (10.41 mil), Medium (9.33 mil) was down 600,000 from its previous fresh, season-high outing.
Taye Diggs' Crazy Day to Conclude on ABC.com
Was ABC programming guru Stephen McPherson reading your comments in this blog over the weekend? Variety is reporting that Day Break, pulled from the network's schedule effective immediately, will finish up its 13-episode run on ABC.com. ABC has also specified that Day Break will be replaced for the next two Wednesdays not just by mere sitcom repeats but by holiday-themed sitcom repeats... of According to Jim and George Lopez. (Please. Stop. Specifying.) Starting Jan. 3, In Case of Emergency and Knights of Prosperity debut and will fill the 9 pm hour. Show Me the Money, meanwhile, is being replaced Tuesdays at 8 with new and old eppys of America's Funniest Home Videos.In noncringe-worthy programming news, ABC is encoring Brothers & Sisters Fridays at 9, beginning Jan. 12.
NBC's Heroes: The Show's Secrets Unmasked!
Tonight at 9 pm/ET, the new NBC drama Heroes raises the question, "What if you woke up one day to realize that you possessed superpowers? Flight, mind reading, teleportation, indestructibility... what if one of these abilities was suddenly yours? Among the ensemble cast of would-be superbeings are Alias' Greg Grunberg, Ice Princess' Hayden Panettiere, Gilmore Girls' Milo Ventimiglia and newcomer Masi Oka as an actual Hiro, a Japanese workforce drone who in the commercials is all too happy to get a whiff of his destiny. While on the surface it's easy to write off hero
JIM CARRIES TUESDAYS
Starting Feb. 14, ABC's Tuesday-night schedule will be exactly one-third Jim Belushi. According to Jim will air at 8 and 9 pm ET, with Rodney in between at 8:30 pm, and George Lopez and Boston Legal bringing up the rear at 9:30 and 10 pm, respectively. To kick off this new lineup, the network is preempting its 8 pm Jim on the 14th and replacing it with A Charlie Brown Valentine. Yes, that ought to really clear things up in viewers' minds.
Commander in Chief Is No Lame Duck
The big news last October: ABC pulled a shocking switcheroo, replacing Rod Lurie with Steven Bochco as show runner for Commander in Chief (Tuesdays at 9 pm/ET), which had debuted to impressive approval ratings, aka Nielsens. The big news today: ABC has announced that Chief will temporarily step down on March 7 to make room for the new comedy Sons & Daughters. Can the acclaimed Geena Davis-as-president drama survive another hiatus and retain the popular vote? Bochco, for one, believes that "hiatus" need not be a four-letter word, given the right circumstances. But first, a bit of background on Chief's cha
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